7 Rose Growing Mistakes to AVOID

Came home from work with bouquet of roses and the wife said she wished she had roses all the time. Gonna make sure she’s got them for the rest of her life. Thank you for the tips!

I can't count the number of roses I've had to treat for powdery mildew because of bad watering practices. Always water at the base like he said, don't ever let water sit on the leaves. If your sprinkler hits the leaves and you water in the evening or at night you're asking for a mildew infestation.

‼️Something that wasn't pointed out in this video which I wish it was‼️ is DO NOT PUT GRANULAR FERTILIZER ON ROSES THAT ARE IN CONTAINERS. This is per Heirloom Roses themselves. They really stress this to their audience. It's very important to only liquid fertilize your container roses. The granular fertilizer will be way too hot for the rose roots in a container because there is nowhere else for it to drain away from, thus killing the roots.

Some of my roses are almost 35 years old. I learned about the 5 leave rule when I volunteered at Hershey Gardens in PA. 🌹

If you're looking for a specific recommendation from Heirloom Roses, I'm partial to '4th of July' - Kevin

How I got my roses Co worker: hey my neighbor is getting rid of his roses, I don't have space for them, you want them? Me: (never gave 2 craps about flowers before) sure I'll give 'em a whirl. Mounds up compost in a heap, stuffs roses in, been 3 years they're doing great and now I have planted a bunch of other flowering things around my property.

Roses are a great trap plant like nasturtiums. Aphids will go after them long before anything else in your garden. It is the reason wineries plant them at the ends of grape rows!

I was working at an apartment complex and I went to throw out the trash and I saw this huge maybe 4 feet tall rosebush just dumped in the dumpster. I felt so sorry for it. I pulled it out and I brought it home and I planted it. They are magnificent, dark purple with a reddish tint. They smell wonderfulbut they never fully open. They always stay ball shaped with 1/10 opening, but they smell good.

I lol'd at the "granny plant" reference, that was 100% me too and now in my 30s they're one of my favourite plants - my philosophy used to be that if something wasn't edible or medicinal I wouldn't waste space growing it, and I think that was a negative reaction to all those ugly lawn-and-hedge gardens that are neither beautiful nor functional but still get called "ornamental". The older I've gotten, the more I've slowed down and started to appreciate that beauty (and fragrance) is just as useful to the soul as vegetables and herbs are to the body. They say people get more conservative as they get older, but at least IME they just become more likely to grow and appreciate roses

I am totally the opposite, I can't get fruits and vegetables to grow but roses thrive